From left: Simon Rumball, Jo Mooney-Clarke (customer services), George Rumball and Nigel Toplis.
Kall Kwik has its youngest centre director, 29-year-old George Rumball, who has become the new franchisee restoring the brand to businesses in the City of London.
Rumball’s one-stop shop for design, print and online services, Kall Kwik City, has already seen an investment of over £10,000 in signage and digital equipment for the premises that previously operated as an unbranded stationery store for the territory of Bishopsgate.
Kall Kwik said that Rumball knew about the commercial potential of the brand after working as account manager for Kall Kwik St James almost 10 years ago, after beginning his career on the production side with JP Morgan. From there his career progressed with experience in print sales, marketing and communications.
Having kept in touch with the St. James’ centre, he learnt that the Bishopsgate outlet was for sale and seeing the store’s potential he decided to buy the franchise. The outlet was subsequently renamed Kall Kwik City with Rumball’s father, Simon, joining the business as print manager.
George said: “I have always been ambitious and love selling. Print is in my blood from the early days of working in the JP Morgan print room to trailblazing personalisation of print at Inc Direct. I have always hit my targets and enjoy networking so setting up my own business was the logical next step.
“It is such a great location with premises just around the corner from Liverpool Street. It’s a fantastic opportunity for me to be able to inject a new lease of life into the centre and bring the full range of Kall Kwik services to local businesses.”
New generation of owners
Nigel Toplis, Kall Kwik’s managing director, commented: “Kall Kwik has reached an exciting phase in its 40-year life as a new generation of owners begin to join the network. George was an outstanding member of the St James’ team and I am sure he will be an outstanding centre owner as he follows his ambitious business plan. We wish him every success and welcome him to the Kall Kwik family.”
Kall Kwik is part of The Bardon Group (TBG), a specialist franchise operator with multiple franchise brands within its portfolio. Starting life as Recognition Express over 30 years ago, TBG now also includes ComputerXplorers and Techclean.
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